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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

My New Jewelry Box

This is probably going to be one of my longer posts since I have lots to share! In preparation for our big move coming up I have been going through things and trying to downsize. I have had a large oak jewelry box from my Mother-In-Law for probably almost 8 years now and since I don’t have nor wear much jewelry it is pretty much empty. So I have been on the lookout for a smaller jewelry box, but all the ones I have seen and liked are around $50, which I am not willing to spend. So a few weeks ago, I went shopping again and still didn’t find what I was looking for, so I ended up at Michael’s. Well after some shopping, debating and comparing I ended up buying this wooden box (using my 40% off coupon).

Now I also bought: a container of black acrylic paint, 2 sheets of black adhesive-backed felt and 2 sheets of patterned paper (which was on sale!) I spent less than $10 (including tax).

So when I got home, I took off all the hardware (you can see in the picture above that it is all gone) and painted it all with the black paint. Once it was dry I cut my patterned paper to fit on all the sides and top. I used some Modge Podge that I had to adhere the paper. The next morning I sprayed the whole box with some clear sealer, since the Modge Podged parts will stick to the other things if together long enough. I then cut the felt to fit in the drawer and compartments and stuck in in place. I also had enough left over that I covered the bottom too. Then I just had to put all the hardware back on. Now here are the pictures of the finished product!

Now as a side note, my Mom bought me the Vinyl Starter Kit for my Silhouette Digital Cutter for Christmas and I finally got to use it. I used a design from the Silhouette store and cut it out of the white vinyl and applied it to the front of the glass top. I have to admit that I AM IN LOVE!! I am loving how the vinyl worked out so well. I am already thinking about what else I might want to add vinyl to and what other colors I just HAVE TO HAVE!!

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